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1 Greek Pottery Categories: – Stone Age – Early Bronze Age – Late Bronze Age – Sub-Mycenean (Dark Age) History

2 Greek Pottery Pottery was used to “store, transport, and drink liquids such as wine and water” (Encyclopaedia Britannica) Depict mythological scenes Decorative pieces Uses

3 Greek Pottery Bronze Vessels

4 Greek Pottery Bronze Age—Pottery wheel Athens – Mythological depictions – Pots on graves Clay Pottery

5 Greek Pottery Pot styles: – Amphora--storage – Alabastron--perfume – Hydria--water – Lekythos--oil Styles

6 Painting Styles: – Geometric – Black-Figure – Red-Figure Greek Pottery Styles

7 Misc. Pictures Aeneas carrying Anchises. Attic black- figure oinochoe, c. 520-510 BC. Head of a griffin from a cauldron, third quarter of 7th century b.c. from Olympia Dionysos, Ariadne, satyrs and maenads. Side A of an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 400-375 B.C. From Thebes. Theseus. From Theseus and the Gathering of the Argonauts. Attic red-figure calyx, 460-450 B.C. Idas and Marpessa are separated by Zeus. Attic red-figure psykter, c. 480 B.C., by the Pan Painter.

8 Sources 1.Carr, Karen, Dr. "Greek Pottery." Kidipede. Portland State University, 4 Nov. 2010. Web. 18 Dec. 2010.. 2."Greek Pottery -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia." Encyclopedia - Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Web. 18 Dec. 2010.. 3.Gill, N. S. "Ancient Greek Pottery." About.com. The New York Times Company, 2010. Web. 18 Dec. 2010.. 4.The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Ancient Greek Bronze Vessels." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010. Web. 18 Dec. 2010.. There is an illustration on the wall behind the pottery potty training chair showing how the child would sit in this clay potty chair.


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